I love to code

More about Nikolaus Gradl from Munich

What I love to do

Mobile User Experience

Since the time of my first cellular I became a nerd. I tried to transfer databases from my old pc to the cellular and vice versa. But things got boring typing sms with t9. So I learnd to write graffiti on my first palm, but I realy happy when Steve Jobs invented the iPhone.

prototype

love this

I love to sketch my mock ups on a piece of paper. I change them and renew it until it works. Today I love apps like "Sketch" for Mac or "Pop" for the iPhone to make my prototypes.

code

3 iOS Apps

In the year 2008 I learnd much about Objective-C/Cocoa. My first app was an "Around Me" search for Munich (2009), where you could see which shop is actually open. My second app was for the local transport authority (2010): MVG Fahrinfo. What was missing was an event calendar and cinema schedule. I published this in 2011 also especially for Munich. Thanks to all the folks who helped to write the code!

experience

Happy users

In all my projects I have to know what the user wants. I want to make she or him happy! So I have to bring down walls of habits and technical barricades.

debug

Free bugs

I don't like to find bugs, but I have to. I love to work in a team of Q & A freaks. Every product I release could have one or two known bug, but they have to be as small noone is scared.

concept

love this

I love to sketch my mock ups on a piece of paper. I change them and renew it until it works. Today I love apps like "Sketch" for Mac or "Pop" for the iPhone to make my prototype.

design

Publisher 2 Sketch

My first experience with design was our pupil's magazine. I was responsible for the layout. So Paul, Cristian and I learnd to work with MS Publisher 95. I made some jobs for Bund Naturschutz, the Social Democratic Party and some election ampaigns. Today I love Illustrator...

I love to travel

Backpacker since 1989

When I was young I used the Interrail ticket. We travelled over hole europe with the Thomas Cook Timetable. Being back I was programming my first backpackers community. But it never was released public.

Athens

culture & dirt

I was inspired arriving in athens by train from Patras. During the Olympic Games 2004 I lived there. And I come back very often. Try Souvlaki near Omonia, go to the acropolis in the night and visit all islands starting in Piraeus.

Tokyo

past & progress

Japanese used Smartphones with Kanji (漢字) when we still used t9. I was inspired by interned cafés like hotels and intelligent toilet seats. You can also see shrine and temple more then thousand years old.

New York

crowded & empty

I never was in America, until 2014. I stayed in the U.S. with my family for about 3 month. I loved monhattan, 5 Points, Brooklyn and also the Bronx. One of the best cities in the world.

Barcelona

colorful & blue

There were times I couldn't pay for a hotel traveling with Interrail so I slept in Park Guel. Since then I love the view over the city on to the blue sea.

I love to shoot fotos

Pictures made by me

My first Kamera was a Pentax mirror reflex. My parents brought me to a photographic laboratory. But I loved to scan pictures and finished them. Today I use Instagram, Hyperlapse and realy love Photo Sphere.